France is chasing Dutch 'snow sniffers'

- In the French ski resorts, not only fresh air is sniffed. France is completely finished and is fighting drugs on the ski slopes. The French police and judiciary mainly hunts for Dutch 'snow sniffers'.

Drugs in the French snow will no longer be tolerated. 'People are immediately led to court,' according to the French police and judiciary. The AD writes about this.

Anyone who carries, sells or uses drugs while on holiday in the French snow can receive a prison sentence of up to one year.

'People are immediately brought to court, we share fines on the spot and the drugs are immediately destroyed,' says public prosecutor Anne Gache of Albertville. According to Gache Dutch skiers belong to one of the problem groups. 'We immediately tackle them. Then we do not have to look for them in the countries where they come from, 'Gache said this weekend to the French newspaper Libération.

French customs are also extra hot on drugs among ski tourists. Customs checks extra on the major highways and at border crossings. According to the customs, the Dutch are the culprit number one. Customs itself does not go up the snowy slopes. 'Drugs are then often resold three times. We prefer to intercept it before it lands on the piste ', according to a spokesman.

In the 2015-2016 ski season, nearly 500 kilos of, among other things, weed, cocaine and ecstasy were intercepted on the French market, according to French customs. Most of the stuff comes from the Netherlands or Spain.